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Volvo Buses is a subsidiary
Subsidiary

A subsidiary, in business matters, is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity. The controlled entity is called a company , corporation, or limited liability company, and the controlling entity is called its parent ....
 and a business area of Volvo
Volvo

The Volvo Group is a Sweden supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services....
 which became an independent division in 1968.

It is the world's second largest bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and coaches
Coach (vehicle)

In British English and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers. To differentiate from other types of bus, a coach has a luggage hold separate from the passenger cabin....
 as well as chassis
Chassis

A chassis consists of a Frame that supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animal's skeleton, for example in a motor vehicle or a firearm....
 combined with a comprehensive range of services.

The bus operation has a global presence, with production in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, North
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
/South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
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Volvo Buses is a subsidiary
Subsidiary

A subsidiary, in business matters, is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity. The controlled entity is called a company , corporation, or limited liability company, and the controlling entity is called its parent ....
 and a business area of Volvo
Volvo

The Volvo Group is a Sweden supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services....
 which became an independent division in 1968.

It is the world's second largest bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 manufacturer, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and coaches
Coach (vehicle)

In British English and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers. To differentiate from other types of bus, a coach has a luggage hold separate from the passenger cabin....
 as well as chassis
Chassis

A chassis consists of a Frame that supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animal's skeleton, for example in a motor vehicle or a firearm....
 combined with a comprehensive range of services.

The bus operation has a global presence, with production in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, North
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
/South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. One former production facility was located in Irvine, Scotland
Scotland

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 (closed in 2000).

Products


Chassis


Historical
  • 1950s: B627
  • 1950s-1960s: B615/B616/B617
  • 1950s-1960s: B635/B638
  • 1950s-1960s: B705
  • 1950s-1960s: B725/B727
  • 1951-1963: B655 (mid-engine)/B656/B657/B658
  • 1960s: B715
  • 1963-1965: B755
  • 1960s-1980s: B57 & BB57
    Volvo B57

    Volvo B57 was a front-engined single-deck bus built by Volvo Buses between 1960s and 1980s. It was equipped with the Volvo TD70-series engine....
  • 1965-1982: B58
    Volvo B58

    The Volvo Buses B58 is a mid-engined bus chassis built by Volvo of Sweden from 1966 until early 1982. It was the forerunner to the highly successful Volvo B10M....
  • 1970-1980: B59
    Volvo B59

    The Volvo Buses B59 is a rear-engined bus chassis produced by Volvo in Sweden from 1970 until 1980, which features a 10-litre straight-6 diesel engine....
  • 1973-1985: Ailsa B55
    Volvo Ailsa B55

    The Volvo Buses Ailsa B55 was a front-engined double-decker bus chassis built in Scotland by Ailsa, Volvo's British commercial vehicle agency....
  • 1978-2001: B10M/B10MA/B10MD
    Volvo B10M

    File:GM4372.jpgFile:Stagecoach Western Volvo B10M.JPGFile:B10M-Mk4.JPGFile:Volvo B10M 9251.jpgFile:Volvo B10M Articulated PMC Adelaide.jpgThe Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and Coach chassis built by Volvo Buses between 1978 and 2001....
     (the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as Citybus)
  • 1970s-1991: B10R
  • 1990-2002: B10B
  • 1991-1998: B6/B6LE
    Volvo B6

    The Volvo B6 is a midibus manufactured by Volvo Buses between c. 1991 and 1998. Its low-floor variant, the Volvo B6LE, was first built in 1994....
  • 1992-2000: Olympian
    Volvo Olympian

    The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo Buses in Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was first built in 1992 and replaced the Leyland Olympian and the Volvo B10M....
     (modified from Leyland Olympian
    Leyland Olympian

    The Leyland Motors Ltd Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993....
    )
  • 1992-2004: B10BLE
    Volvo B10BLE

    The Volvo Buses B10BLE is a low-entry city bus chassis which was popular in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Australia. It was launched around 1992 with the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus....
  • 1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA
    Volvo B10L

    The Volvo B10L is a rear-engined, low-floor single-deck city bus chassis built by Volvo Buses between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA, was also produced....
  • 1997-2006?: B7L/B7LA
    Volvo B7L

    Volvo Buses B7L is a low floor citybus with a rear engine mounted on the left of the rear overhang, it is built as a replacement of the Volvo B10L....
  • 1998-2002: B6BLE
  • 1998-2004: Super Olympian (also known as B10TL)
  • 1999-2006: B7TL
    Volvo B7TL

    File:First VNW32359 on 83.jpgVolvo Buses B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian ....


Current
  • 1991-: B12/B12R
  • 1997-: B7R
    Volvo B7R

    The Volvo Buses B7R is a coach chassis available with a range of bodies. It is promoted as a rear engined lightweight coach chassis. It is primarily intended for tourist and long-distance duties....
  • 1997-: B12B
    Volvo B12B

    The Volvo B12B is a rear-engined Coach and intercity bus chassis built by Volvo Buses. It is built as a direct replacement of Volvo B12R in the European market and the Volvo B10B....
  • 1999-: B12M/B12MA
    Volvo B12M

    The Volvo B12M is an underfloor-engined bus/Coach chassis introduced by Volvo Buses in 2001 as a replacement for the Volvo B10M. It is available with a variety of bodies such as Van Hool, Sunsundegui Sideral and Plaxton Panther/Plaxton Paragon....
     (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
  • 2000-: B7RLE
    Volvo B7RLE

    Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single deck city bus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 as an addition to the Volvo B7L single decker which was unsuccessful in these two countries....
  • 2001-: B12BLE/B12BLEA
    Volvo B12BLE

    The Volvo Buses B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with an engine mounted on the rear overhang. It replaced the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single deck buses in Europe and Australia....
     (articulated version was introduced in 2005)
  • 2002-: B9TL
    Volvo B9TL

    The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL....
     (once known as Olympian in Volvo official website)
  • 2002-: B9S Articulated/B9 SALF Articulated (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006)
  • 2003-: B9R
  • 2005-: B9L/B9LA
  • 2008?-: B5L Hybrid


Complete buses

  • C10M (built in 1980s)
  • 5000/7500 low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L/B9S Articulated chassis)
  • 7000/7700 low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L/B9L/B5L Hybrid chassis)
  • 7250/7350 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B10-400/B7R chassis) - for Mexico
  • 7450/7550 coach
  • 8300 intercity (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
  • 8400 citybus (B7RLE chassis) - for India
  • 8500 TX intercity (B12M chassis)
  • 8500LE citybus (B10BLE/B12BLE/B9S Articulated chassis)
  • 8700 TX intercity (B7R/B12B/B12M chassis)
  • 8700LE citybus (B7RLE/B12BLE chassis)
  • 9300 coach (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
  • 9400 intercity (B7R chassis) - for India
  • 9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M chassis)
  • 9900 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B12-600 chassis)


Acquired companies

Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:
  • Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle
    Säffle

    S?ffle is a town in the Sweden traditional province V?rmland and the seat of S?ffle Municipality, V?rmland County. It has a population of about 9,156 inhabitants....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
     (1981, now Volvo Bussar Säffle AB)
  • Leyland Bus
    Leyland Bus

    Leyland Bus was a United Kingdom bus manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group as a management buyout of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses and the name disappeared in 1993....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
  • Steyr Bus GmbH
    Steyr-Daimler-Puch

    Steyr-Daimler-Puch was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr, Austria which was broken up in 1990. The component parts and operations continued to exist under separate ownership and new names....
    , Steyr
    Steyr

    Steyr is a town in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns .It has a long history as a manufacturing center, and has given its name to several manufacturers headquartered there, such as Steyr Mannlicher , Steyr Tractor, and Steyr Automobile....
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
     (early 1990s)
  • Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, Aabenraa
    Aabenraa

    The city of Aabenraa or ?benr? is situated at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, in Denmark, 38 miles north of the town of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein....
    , Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
     (1994)
  • Drögmöller Karosserien GmbH & Co. KG
    Drögmöller

    Dr?gm?ller was a motor coach manufacturer based in Heilbronn, Germany, known for the production of touring coaches.The firm was founded in 1920 by Gotthardt Dr?gm?ller from Mecklenburg....
    , Heilbronn
    Heilbronn

    Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn and with approximately 120,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     (1994, later known as Volvo Busse Industries (Deutschland) GmbH, plant closed in 2005)
  • Prevost Coaches, Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
     (1995), now known as Prevost Car
    Prevost Car

    Prevost is a Quebec, Canada-based manufacturer of touring coach and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions.The company now owns Nova Bus and in turn is owned by Volvo Buses....
  • Carrus OY, Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
     (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland OY)
  • Nova Bus
    Nova Bus

    Nova Bus is a bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. The company is now owned by Volvo Buses....
    , St-Eustache, Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
     (1998)
  • Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlan, Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
     (1998)


Gallery


Current competitors

  • Alexander Dennis
    Alexander Dennis

    Alexander Dennis Limited is the largest bus builder in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world....
     - United Kingdom
  • Ayats
    Ayats

    Ayats is the trading name of Carrocer?as Ayats SA, a Spain-based bus manufacturing. The company constructs a range of coach bodies on a variety of chassis, and also manufacture their own integral products....
     - Spain
  • Busscar
    Busscar

    Busscar Onibus S.A. is a Brazilian bus manufacturer with industrial grounds cover 1 million square metres, with a building of 84 thousand square metres....
     - Brazil
  • DINA
    DINA S.A.

    DINA is a Mexico producer of buses, European-style intercity Coach , and medium and heavy duty trucks. The company is owned by the G?mez-Flores family....
     - Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  • Evobus
    EvoBus

    EvoBus GmbH is a leading bus manufacturer and is integrated into the Daimler AG Group. Setra is also a member of the EvoBus GmbH....
     - Germany (owner of Setra
    Setra

    Setra is an Neu-Ulm-based manufacturer of commercial buses and touring coaches, and recently a subsidiary of Daimler AG.The name 'Setra' comes from "Selbsttragend" ....
    )
  • Irizar
    Irizar

    Irizar Group is a Spain-based builder of luxury coach vehicle bodies, established in 1889. It is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country ....
     - Spain
  • Iveco
    Iveco

    Iveco is an Italy truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2007 the company had Euro11,196 million in sales ....
     - Italy (owner of Irisbus
    Irisbus

    Irisbus is an Italy bus manufacturer which was formed through the merger of bus and coach divisions of Fiat, Iveco and Renault in January 1999....
    )
  • Marcopolo
    Marcopolo S.A.

    Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g....
     - Brazil
  • Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz buses

    Mercedes-Benz has been making buses since 1895 in Mannheim in Germany. Since 1995, the brand of Mercedes-Benz buses and coaches is under the umbrella of EvoBus GmbH, belonging 100 % to the Daimler AG....
     - Germany
  • NEOMAN Bus
    Neoman Bus

    Neoman Bus GmbH was created from the merger of MAN AG and Neoplan in 2001. It focuses on bus production....
     - Germany
  • Solaris Bus & Coach
    Solaris Bus & Coach

    Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. is a bus, coach and trolleybus manufacturer based in Bolechowo and Sroda Wielkopolska, near Poznan, Poland.It is a family-owned business, with Krzysztof Olszewski as chairman and his wife Solange as deputy chairman responsible for contacts with clients....
    - Poland
  • Scania
    Scania AB

    Scania Aktiebolag is a global manufacturer of heavy trucks , buses, and diesel engines, with its head office in S?dert?lje, Sweden. Scania has production facilities in Europe and Latin America....
     - Sweden
  • Van Hool
    Van Hool

    Van Hool NV is a Belgium coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, Coach es, trolleybuses, and Trailer s.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium....
     - Belgium
  • TATA
    Tata Motors

    Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO , is a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company....
     - India


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